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Bram Moolenaar, Creator of Vim Text Editor for Linux, Passes Away  HackRead

Task Scheduling in Linux w/ Cron Jobs | by Austin Newton | Aug, 2023  Medium

Linus Torvalds just released Linux 6.5-rc5 as the newest test candidate aiming for the stable Linux 6.5 kernel around the end of August...

Linux 6.5-rc5 Released: Things Looking Under Control  Phoronix

Improved Performance for Intel's Arc GPUs with Updated Linux Drivers  Fagen wasanni

Linux overtakes Mac as Steam's second-most used OS, and it's all ...  Yahoo Entertainment

Linux overtakes Mac as Steam's second-most used OS, and it's all thanks to the Steam Deck  PC Gamer

Intel GPUs Get Another 15% Boost in Gaming on Linux  Hardware Times

Weekly News Roundup: Windows 11 Features Leak, Microsoft ...  Game Is Hard

Available now for testing is the release candidate of Python 3.12 ahead of its formal release later this year...

Python 3.12 RC1 Available For Testing - Better Performance, Linux ...  Phoronix

The open-source FEX-Emu project continues advancing as an emulator to run x86/x86_64 Linux binaries on 64-bit ARM (AArch64), even for games, Valve's Steam Play / Proton, and other complex software. FEX-Emu 2308 is out today with more performance optimizations and other features implemented for this emulator...

FEX-Emu 2308 Continues Striving To Be "The Greatest x86/x86-64 ...  Phoronix

In addition to Loongson preparing Loongson Binary Translation (LBT) for LoongArch to help with MIPS / x86 / Arm binary translation on this domestic Chinese CPU architecture, additional LoongArch features are also now slated for introduction in the upcoming Linux 6.6 kernel cycle...

LoongArch Implementing More Kernel Features For Linux 6.6  Phoronix

Intel Drivers Delivers Up To 15% Performance Boost To Arc GPUs In Linux  Wccftech

Tagged on Saturday was GTK 4.12 as the newest version of this open-source toolkit...

Ask Slashdot: What's the Best (Encrypted) Password Manager?  Slashdot

5 Ways to Remove Installed Packages on Ubuntu  MUO - MakeUseOf

Intel's open-source ConnMan software that is an Internet connect manager focused on embedded Linux devices is out with a new release...